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Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES JEHU 'r. scan, or nnnxnr. HILL, rENNsYLv'ANIn INCLOSURE FOR AUTOEOBILIES Application filed August 11, 1927, Serial No. 212,185. Renewed June 4, 1929. i

individually applied and removed, and which at best afford inadequate protection in inclement weather.

The main object of my invention is to over- 19 come the foregoing drawbacks through provision of an inclosure enabling quick and ready conversion of an open car to all intents and purposes into an automobile of the inclosed type. This desiderata I secure in an organization which is compactly collapsible for accommodation in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body so as to be entirely concealed and out of the way when not in use, and which is moreover extremely sturdy yet light in 20 weight, easy to manipulate, adaptable to different makes of automobiles, and ,on the whole, conducive to manufacture at comparatively small cost.

Briefly described, my invention comprises magazine carriers with slidin sashes adapted for distribution horizontafiy along opposite sides of the vehicle body under guidance of upper and lower guide grooves provided in the horizontals of the automobile top or roof, and inthe hand rails. Manipulating means are provided to properly posltion the magazine carriers for distribution of the sashes in the manner aforesaid, said manipulating means being susceptible to variation.

, in accordance with the allocation chosen for concealment of the sash carriers,all as hereinafter fully explained."

In the drawings herewith Fig. I is a fragmentary illustration, partly in side elevation 40 and partly in section, of an' automobile equipped with my inclosure in a form adapt ed, when collapsed, for accommodation in thehollow posterlor side walls of the vehicle.

I body.

' Fig. II is a similar view on a somewhat lar er scale showing one of the sash carriers in t e normal lowered' position out of-the' way.

Fig. III is a fragmentary end view of theautomobile with portions broken away and in section to emphasize certain important de- .tional view taken locally as indicated by the tails of the form of inclosure shown in the precedin illustrations.

Fig. I is a fragmentary horizontal secarrows IVIV in Fig. II.

Fig. V is a vertical sectional view on a larger scale taken as indicated by the arrows V-V in Fig. II.

Fig. VI is a local detail section in accord ance withthe arrows VI--VI in Fig. II with one of thecarriers on its way to meet the top horizontal at the corresponding side of the vehicle.

' Fig. VII is a detail illustration viewed as indicated by the arrows VIIVII in Fig. V and showing the means provided for look ing the magazine sash carriers in elevated position.

Fig. VIII is a detail view showing the extensile means for guiding the sash carriers to true vertical movement.

Fig IX is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. VIII.

Fig. X is a perspective view of a metallic facing clip which I provide for protection of the weathering in the guide grooves for the sliding sashes.

Fig. XI is a perspective view showing one of the facing cli s in place in the groove.

Fig; XII is a ragmentary plan view showing the manner in which the facing clips are secured in the grooves.

Fig; XIII is a perspective view of one of the horizontal rails of the automobile roof or top showing the guide grooves to take up per edges of,.the sliding sashes.

Fig. XIV is .a similar view of the hand rail at one side of the vehicle showing the grooves to take the lower edges of the sliding sashes. V

Fig. XV is a plan view showing the sashes extended and the means to form weather tight junctures at the overlap margins.

Fig. XVI is a side view of the sashes correspondin to their ositionin Fig. XV.

Figs. VII and VIII are detail sectional views taken as respectively indicated. by the arrows XVII-XVII and 'XVIII-XVIII in Fig. XVIJ Fig. XIX is a rear view of an automobile with a portion broken away and in section showing an alternative form of my invention in which the sash carriers are normally concealed within the hollow behind the rear seat. 5 Fig. XX is a plan section taken as indicated by the arrows XX-XX in Fig. XIX with the rear seat removed.

Figs. XXI and XXII are fragmentary views similar to Figs. XIX and XX showing modifications employable in connection with the form of myinvention illustrated by the latter figures.

Figs. XXIII and XXIV are details of parts associated with the modification of Figs. XXI and XXII.

Fig. XXV is a view similar to Fig. XIX showing still another alternative form of my invention in which the sash carriers are concealed beneath the rear seat of the automobile. Fig. XXVI is a plan section in accordance with the arrows XXVIXXVI in Fig. XXV. C

Fig. XXVII is a sectional view showing an arrangement wherein the inclosure parts are concealed beneath the roof'of an automobile havin a rigid or non-collapsible top.

Fig. XIVIII is a lan section in accordance with the arrows VIII-XXVIII 1n Fig. XXVII; and

Fig. XXIX is a cross detail section taken, as indicated by the arrows XXIXXXIX in Fi XXVII andXXVIII.

Re erring first to the form of my invention illustrated in Figs. I to IX of these lllustra-tions, designates the body of a standard type of touring car, characterized by the customary one man foldable roof or top 31 whereof the covering is supported in part by longitudinals 32adapted to engage at their forward ends over the top edge of the windshield 33. At opposite sides, the body 30 has the usual swinging doors 34, 35 affording aecess to the front and back seats 36, 37. In'

accordance with standard practice, the sides (including the doors 34, 35) and back of the body 30 are constructed hollow from sheet metal; and in the form of my invention under consideration, I employ the recesses or cavities 38 in the posterior body panels 39 for concealment and protection of the inclosure when the same is not in use. The parts constituting the inclosure are duplicated for opposite sides of the vehicle, and in each case, a

5 U shaped frame 40-open at the forward end-serves as a carrier for a number of. (in the present instance three) glazed sashes 41, 42 43, the first of these being fixed while the others are slidable in grooves 44, 45 in the 60 l17pper and lower bars of said frame, see Fig. Each carrier 40 is projectable vertically through a slot 46 .in the top edge (hand rail) of the corresponding posterior side panel 39,

to the position shown in dot and dash lines 9 in Fig. II, under guidance of an extensile means comprehensively designated 47. This extensile means 47 embodies an upri ht bracket 48 (Figs. 11,111, IV, VIII and 13; with a laterally-reaching extremity 49 which is suitably configured to fit the rounded rear corner of the automobile body and terminates in an anchorage or foot 50 adapted to be secured fast to the floor boards by means of screws or bolts 51. The bracket 48 and the contiguous vertical frame bar of the carrier 40 have longitudinally-extending opposing dove-tail grooves 52, 53,:for engaging an intervening connecting'rod 54 of corresponding cross-section with a sliding fit, the parts just described being restrained against complete separation by pins 55, '55 that cooperate with stops 56, 56*, see Fig. VIII.

The means provided in each instance for lifting the sash carrier 40 includes a disk in the form of a gear wheel 57 that is rotatable about a fixed stud 58 projecting from a suitable support 59 withinthe body recess 38, and arranged to be driven by an intermeshing pinion 60. The axis 61 of this pinion extends through the inner wall of the panel 39 to afford attachment for an operating crank handle 62 which is conveniently accessible from the rear seat 37 of the vehicle. Near its periphery, the gear wheel 57 carries a lateral projection in the form of a roller 63 to engage a groove 64 along the lower horizontal frame bar of the carrier 40. With this arrangement, as the crank handle 62 is rotated, it will be apparent that the carrier 40 is gradually raised from the position of concealment through the slot 46 at the top of the hollow body panel 39 until its upper frame bar contacts with the nether face of the corresponding roof longitudinal 32. As shown in Figs. V, VI and XIII, the parts 32 and 40 are respectively provided with a wedge tongue 64 and a groove 65 adapted to interengage and form an anti-rattle and'weather tight juncture. Incidentally to the operation just explained, the carrier 40 is definitely guided and at the same time supported against swaying incidentally to its elevation. As a means to hold the parts in the raised position, I provide a spring-influenced latch bolt 66 (Figs. V and VII) for cooperation with :1. lug 6'7 on the carrier 40, said bolt having an actuating knob 68 which projects through a slot in the inner wall 'of the posterior body panel 38. As shown in Fig. VII, the latch bolt 66 is beveled at its forwardend to facilitate its projection beneath the lug 67 during elevation of the carrier 40. With the carrier 40 now raised and locked, the movable sashes 42, 43 are next wlthdrawn and slid horizontally along the side of" thevehicle body until they occupy positions over the doors 35, 34 as shown in Fig. I, the fixed sash 41 of course remaining with the carrier over the posterior panel 39. Such shiftlng of the sashes is guided by complemental upper and lower retaining grooves grooves 70, 72 extend only part way, thereby determining the projected position of the sash 42. g

The grooves 44, 45 in the carrier 40 as well as the guide grooves 70-73 are all linedwith felt or other suitable weathering as instanced at 74 in Figs. V, VI, XI and XII, to prevent rattle and at the same time insure .air and Water tightness. To .protect the weathering against injury and to ease movement of the sashes over the breaks in the grooves 7071 for example, in the regions of the hinge knuckle of the to horizontals 32 and the grooves 7273 of t e hand rails at the junctures of the doors 34, '35, I provide fac- 2:! ing clips 75 whereof one is shown in perspective in Fig. X. These clips may be conveniently fashioned from thin springy sheet metal with opposed slightly-convexed tongues 76 that extend from a channelled anchorage portion 77 having a width to snug- 1y fit the sash grooves as shown in Figs. XI and XII andwith perforations totake securing screws 78. Thus as a sash is advanced in the guide and retaining grooves, the leading edge first encounters the opposed spring tongues of the clips with the result that its entry is eased to the extent of preventing injury to the weathering 74 in said guide grooves at the interruptions aforementioned. Although the sashes 41, 43 may be wholly of glass, I prefer to surround the panes with perimetric frames 79 formed from very thin sheet metal with tongues top and bottom to fit the several guide grooves '44, 45, 70-73. At convenient points inside and outside, the sash frames 79 are provided with finger re cesses 80 (Figs. XVI and XVIII) for convenience in sliding them. To insure weather tightness at the overlapping areas, the vertical forward edges of the sashes 41 and 42 are beveled and faced with liners 81 of rubher or the like. The liners 81 have lateral projection to. contact with the sashes 42 and 43 respectively, see Figs. XV, XVI and XVIII. Theintermediate sash 42 is moreoverequipped at suitable points with buffer buttons 82 of rubber to prevent rattle when nested side by side with the others in the carrier 40. Also to determine weather-tightness 60 between the fixed pane in the carrier 40, and

the diagonal extremities of the hinged cross brace 31 of the top 31, I line the insides with. a yielding strip of rubber or felt- When the inclosure is in service, the doors 34, may be individually used simply by sliding back the corresponding sashes 42, 43 along their retaining grooves. Collapse is effected in a manner reverse to that above explained, --the operation being so obvious as'to preclude the necessity for separate description.

In the alternative embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. XIX and XX, the sash carriers40 serving the two sides of the vehicle are normally concealed behind the rear seat37. As shown, each carrier 40 is su ported at one of its lower corners by a brae et fitting 83 engaging an extensile means in the form of a reversely-threaded vertical jack screw 84 located in the corresponding rear corner of the car body 30 and sustained for free rotation by suitable fixed upper and lower bearings 85. At their lower ends, the shafts 84 are equipped with pinions 86 that mesh with gear wheels 87 revolving on fixed axes. On their upper faces, the gear wheels 87 have ratchet teeth 88 adapted to be picked by pawls 89 at opposite ends of a cross bar 90 which is confined to up and down movement by stationary upright guide studs 91. The cross bar 90 is normally maintained in the elevated position shown in Fig. XIX against stop heads at the tops of the guide studs 91, by springs 92. A pedal 93, accessible through a frontal opening 94 beneath theseat is fulcrumed on a fixed bracket 95, and at an intermediate point is operatively connected to the cross bar 90. At each depression of the pedal 93 it will be seen that the cross bar 90 is moved downward in opposition to the springs 92,

such movement being communicated by the awls 89 to the gear wheels 87 and in turn y the latter to the pinions 86. The vertical jack'screws 84 are accordingly always ro 1 tated in the direction of the arrows in Fig. XX, counter-movement of the parts being prevented by stop detents 97 engaging the teeth ofthe gear wheels 87. By successive,

intermittent rotative movements thus imparted to the jack screws 84, the sash carriers 40 are simultaneously elevated, and when the level of the arm rails along the sides of the car'body is attained, may be swung about said screws into line for horizontal distribution of the sashes exactly as explained in connection with my first described embodiment. Lowering of the sash carriers 40 is likewise accomplished with the aid of the pedal-operated actuating mechanism by virtue of the self reversing action of the jackscrews 84.

In the modifications of Figs. XXI-XXIV knuckle joint arms 98 provide additional pivot connections at 99 between the sash carriers 40 and the jack screws 84*. As shown in Fig. XXII, this arrangement enables closer compacting of the sash carriers 40*, i. e. lying flat against one anotherv and against the back wall of the automobile body, and is therefore especially advantageous in instances where the available space behind the rear seat is very limited. The knuckle oint arms 98 are curved so as to lay snugly Within the rounded corners of the vehicle body, as shown in Fig. XXIV, when the sash carriers occupy the active position. "The illustrated relation of the parts in the figure last referred to is determined and maintained by aid of torsion springs 100 incorporated in the pivot connections 99 in conjunction with lugs 101 of the sash carriers 40 adapted to engage the stops 102 on the arms 98. For details of these features, refer particularly to Fig. XXIII. The modification of Figs. XXI-XXIV also affords a means to effect automatic swinging of the sash carriers 40* laterally outward incidentally to being raised by the jack screws 84*, said means having the form of spiral'ized guide rods 103 twisted substantially through an angle of 90 concentrically with the screws, and rigidly secured top and bottom in the brackets 85*. As shown in Figs. XXIXXIV the knuckle joint arms 98 are pierced as at 104.- for sliding engagement on the rods 103. Thus, as the jack screws 84 are rotated to elevate the sash carriers .40 the latter are obliged to follow the course prescribed by the guide rods 103 and are there"- by automatically swung outward until they finally assume the positiomshown in Fig. XXIV, the torsion springs 100 acting to bring about engagement between the lugs 101- and the stops 102 immediately upon initiation of the movement of the sash carriers from the stored position of Fig. XXII. The manipulating mechanismemployed will be observed as otherwise identical with that shown in Figs. XIX and XX, the corresponding parts being indicated by the same reference numerals with the subscript m and therefore needing no further explanation.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs.

XXV and XXVI, the sash carriers 40" are normally accommodated horizontally in the hollow beneath the rear seat 37 of the automobile, one lying on top of the other and the lower of the two resting on suitable supports shown at 105. In order to guide the carriers 40 into proper position above the arm rails of the car body incidentally to being lifted I provide in. each instance an extensile means or arm 106 which at one end has a swivel connection 107 with the lower rear corner a of the carrier (as considered with reference to the position it occupies when the carrier is raised) and at the other end, a similar connection 105 with a rock shaft 109. This shaft 109 extends fore and aft in close proximity along the corresponding side wall of the car at a slight elevation from the floor where it is retatively supported b opposite end bearings 110. Associated wit each arm 106 is a parallel thrust bar 111 having. a fulcrum connection at one extremity with the sash carrier 40 at apoint 112 beyond the swivel 107. At the other extremity, the thrust bar 111 has an aperture 113 to engage a hooklike cam 114 shown, for convenience of illustration, as

fixed to the side wall of the car body. A in and slot connection 115 acts to hold the thrust bar 111 to longitudinal movement relative to the arm 106 as well as to prevent its separation therefrom laterally. With this arrangement, as the sash carrier 40 is lifted, it is obliged to turn bodily about the shaft 109 as an axis. As the movement proceeds, the hook cam 114 acts to draw upon the thrust bar 111 thereby causing the sash carrier 40 to turn on the swivel center 107 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. XXVI and the arm 106 gradually approach an upright position by concurrently induced rotation about the swivel center 108 in the direction likewise indicated in Fig. XXVI. When the movement is finally completed, it will be apparent that the carrier 40" is turned through an angle in two directions as a consequence of which its lower rail is brought to the plane of the arm rail of the automobile in readiness for Withdrawal of the sashes. In order to ease the operation of this form of my invention, the shafts 109 are shown as equipped with torsion springs 11610 partly counter-balance the weight of the sash carriers 40*. It is however to be understood that any other appropriate counterbalancing means may be used in lieu of the springs.

In Figs. XXVII. XXVIII and XXIX I show my invention in a form suited to automobile bodies having a rigid or non-collapsible top 31 whereof I employ'the hollow or concavity for storageof the sash carriers 40 As shown the sash carriers 40 are secured to shafts 120, journalled on bearings 121 (which may be supported by the upper side longitudinals 32 of the car body) so as to be swingable downward from the idle full line position in Fig. XXIX to the active dot and dash line position with their lower horizontal frame rails resting on the arm rails of the automobile body. To simultaneously move the sash carriers 40, I provide in the present instance a manipulating system embodying a transverse shaft 122 which is coordlnated by bevel gears 123 with the shafts 120. At its center, the transverse shaft 122 has affixed to it a worm gear 125 which meshes with a driving worm 126 on a short vertical shaft 127 revolvable by means of an attached readily accessible handle 128, in a bearing 129 suitably supported under the roof.

When'not in use, the sash carriers 40 are hidden from view by shutters 130 which close against and latch to the rails 32 as shown in full lines in Fig. XXIX. When the sash carriers 10 are to be lowered, the shutters 130 are swung down on their pivotal connections 131 with the roof'as shown in dot and dash lines in Fig. XXIX. It will be apparent that the actuating worm gearing 125, 126 has capacity to hold the sash carriers 40 against comprising magazine carriers normally con-' cealedin recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashesside by side, and means to move the carriers into position for I distribution of the sashes horizontally along ing to ease entry of the leading edges opposite sides of the vehicle.

2. A collapsible lnclosure for open vehicles comprlsing magazlne carrlers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle l.

' comprlsmg magazine carriers normally conbody, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, means to move the carriers, and means to" incidentally guide the carriers into position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle.

3. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, means to move thecarriers into position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle, andlatch means to lock the carriers against displacement in active position.

4. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine sash carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, means to move the carriers for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle, and latch means cooperating with lugs on the carriers to hold the latter against displacement in ac No 110- sition. v

5. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicle comprising magazine carriers with sliding sashes adapted for horizontal distribution along opposite sides of the vehicle under guidance of retaining grooves in upper and lower horizontals of the body, said grooves being lined with weathering and the weathering protected against injury at junctures in the orizontals by clips providing a metallic facof the sashes. I 6. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows in the lower rear portion of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, and means to elevate the carriers into osition for distribution of the sashes horizontally forward along the opposite sides of the vehicle.

7. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows in the rear of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side,.means to move the carriers vertically and laterally into position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle.

8. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows in the rear of the vehicle body, eachf'pf such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side,- means to move the carriers, and means to incidentally guide the carriers vertically and laterally into position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle. 9. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles cealed in recesses or hollowsof the vehicle body, eachof such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, and means to simultaneously move the carriers into position for distribution ofthe sashes goiiizontally along opposite sides of the ve- 10-. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows in the lower rear portion of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, means to simultaneously elevate the carriersinto position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle.

11. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodat-v ing a number of sliding sashes'side by side, individually associated jack screws to move the carriers into position for distribution of thesashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle, and manipulating means for simultaneously rotating the jack screws.

12. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising a pair of magazine carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, lndividually associated reversely threaded. jack screws to vertically move the carriers with capacity for swinging them on the screw axes into position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle, and manipulating means whereby the jack screws are continuously rotated in the same direction in lacement of the. carriers as aforesaidand in returning them to the recesses or hollows aforesaid.

. 13. A colla sible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine sash carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, individually associated jack screws to move the sash carriers into position. for distribution of the sashes horizontally along opposite sides of the vehicle body and manipulating means accessible through an opening in the front of the rear seat of the vehicle for simultaneously rotating the jack screws.

14. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine sash carriers normally concealed in recesses or hollows of the vehicle body, individually associated jack screws to move the sash carriers into position for distribution of the sashes horizontally along posite sides of the vehicle body, and manipu atin means'for simultaneously rotating the j ac screws including a foot treadle accessible through an opening at the front of the rear seat, and coordlnated ratchet means to impart the movement of the treadle to the jack screws.

15. A collapsible inclosure for open vezo hicles comprising magazine carriers normall concealed 1n, recesses or hollows at the bac of the vehicle body, each of such carriers accommodating a number of sliding sashes side by side, individually associated jack screws as located'in the rear corner angles of the body engaging connecting means at the contiguous lower corners of the sash carriers-to lift said sash carriers and incidentally to such lifting permit lateral swinging of them on the screw 80 axes into position for horizontal distribution of the sas es along the opposite sides of the vehicle. 16. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine sash'carriers nor 8| mally concealed in the recesses or hollows at the back of the vehicle body, individually associated jack screws in the rear corner angles of the vehicle body engaging connecting means at the contiguous lower corners of the carriers, means to rotate the jack screws in elevatin the carriers, and guide means incidental y operative to swing the carriers outward into position for horizontal distribution of the sas es along opposite sides of the vehicle body, said guide means including fixedly supported rods spiralized concentrica 1y with the ack screws and engaging openings in the connecting means aforesaid of the carriers.

17. A collapsible inclosure for open vehicles comprising magazine sash carriers normally concealed in a recess or hollow at the back of the vehicle body, individually associated jack screws to elevate the carriers and permit them to be swun' outward into position for horizontal distribution of the sashes along opposite sides of the vehicle body, said earners eing connected with the screws by knuckle joint arms enabling the carriers to he flat against each.other and against the back wal of the automobile body when in stored osition.

18. collapsible inclosure for open vehlcles comprlsmg magazine sash carriers normally concealed in a recess or hollow at the back of the vehicle body, individually associated jack screws to elevate the carriers and perm1t them to be swun outward into position for horizontal distri bution of the sashes along opposite sides of the vehicle body, said sash carriers being connected with the jack screws by knuckle joint arms with incorporated spring means capable of yieldin to enable the carriers to lie flatagainst eac other and against the rear wall of the automobile body when in stored position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this sixth day of August, 1927.

' JEHU T. GORE. 

